Job summary
Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer of the NHS in England, this role will help manage and ensure that the NHS in England lives within its budget of more than £169 billion through leading our national financial planning & reporting and financial control teams. The role also leads on the national NHS capital investment agenda and how we help systems in distress recover and deliver excellent services to patients. The post holder will also play a key role in the development and delivery of the One NHS Finance programme which is a network of financial professionals and organisations offering training, innovation and support across the NHS in England.
The post holder will be a high profile and visible leader to the NHS finance community in England, and will lead an inclusive and talented team committed to delivering the integration agenda and the NHS Long Term Plan whilst ensuring financial sustainability for the future. This is a senior, intellectually challenging leadership role which will operate in a complex and changing environment. The role therefore requires an exceptional and experienced senior leader who will be able to demonstrate outstanding relationship management skills and the ability to build credibility and trust with senior colleagues across the NHS and government. Regular travel to London/Leeds/Nationwide will be required.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and
- Be accountable for national aggregated reporting of the financial position of the NHS including commissioners, providers, systems and direct commissioning, ensuring a single version of the truth and providing in depth analysis of trends and relevant insights to inform decision making around mitigating actions
- Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives, working closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance. This applies to both capital and
- Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
- Ensure robust processes and policies are in place to ensure timely and accurate consolidation of the NHS England Group and the consolidated provider monthly and annual accounts and reporting to key stakeholders.
- be responsible for the system of internal financial control within NHS England, an effective system for internal budgeting, and overall accountability for liaison with internal and external audit.
Please see the attached job description for full details.
About us
In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England. This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work. Speaking with one voice to the service.
The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS agreat place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visit https://www.england.nhs.uk/ .
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and
- Be accountable for national aggregated reporting of the financial position of the NHS including commissioners, providers, systems and direct commissioning, ensuring a single version of the truth and providing in depth analysis of trends and relevant insights to inform decision making around mitigating actions
- Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives, working closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance. This applies to both capital and
- Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
- Ensure robust processes and policies are in place to ensure timely and accurate consolidation of the NHS England Group and the consolidated provider monthly and annual accounts and reporting to key stakeholders.
- be responsible for the system of internal financial control within NHS England, an effective system for internal budgeting, and overall accountability for liaison with internal and external audit.
- provide guidance to systems and providers on annual accounting and reporting.
- Accountable for financial support to and oversight of NHS investment processes and decisions within the framework agreed with the Department of Health and Social Care.
- Accountable for ensuring that aggregated plans fit within the overall resource envelope and deliver the financial and performance requirements set by Government through the mandate as well as taking forward agreed national strategies and priorities. With the Director of NHS Planning and Performance, ensure that financial planning expectations are wholly coherent and
- Work closely with the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to ensure a coherent insight into the drivers and trends within NHS operational performance across finance, activity, workforce, quality and performance standards
- Work closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer Strategic Finance and the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to support the creation of the national NHS operational planning guidance, managing the planning cycle.
- Accountable for developing the Recovery support programme in collaboration with the Chief Operating Officer and National Director of Intensive support.
- Accountable for managing the devolved NHS CDEL and working closely with DHSC to plan and manage the use of non-devolved NHS CDEL including operational and strategic capital
- To understand and manage the cash flow of the NHS, ensuring that the necessary liquidity is in the system so that financial obligations can be met as they fall
- Responsible for supporting the Chief Financial Officer in advising government ministers and senior DHSC officials of the financial state of play of the sector, providing insights and flagging risks and challenges
- Member of the national senior finance team,
- supporting and advising on strategy, planning and performance
- working effectively with other team members to ensure that all can deliver their responsibilities
- taking on national lead roles for particular programmes/projects as appropriate
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in his/her responsibilities around professional leadership of NHS finance staff, building effective relationships and networks to ensure that the national finance direction of travel is relevant, credible, well communicated and bought into by the finance As part of this act as the Deputy Chair of the Finance Leadership Council, and as operational lead for the One NHS Finance programme across the NHS England.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitmentprofile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Descriptionand other supporting documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and
- Be accountable for national aggregated reporting of the financial position of the NHS including commissioners, providers, systems and direct commissioning, ensuring a single version of the truth and providing in depth analysis of trends and relevant insights to inform decision making around mitigating actions
- Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives, working closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance. This applies to both capital and
- Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
- Ensure robust processes and policies are in place to ensure timely and accurate consolidation of the NHS England Group and the consolidated provider monthly and annual accounts and reporting to key stakeholders.
- be responsible for the system of internal financial control within NHS England, an effective system for internal budgeting, and overall accountability for liaison with internal and external audit.
- provide guidance to systems and providers on annual accounting and reporting.
- Accountable for financial support to and oversight of NHS investment processes and decisions within the framework agreed with the Department of Health and Social Care.
- Accountable for ensuring that aggregated plans fit within the overall resource envelope and deliver the financial and performance requirements set by Government through the mandate as well as taking forward agreed national strategies and priorities. With the Director of NHS Planning and Performance, ensure that financial planning expectations are wholly coherent and
- Work closely with the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to ensure a coherent insight into the drivers and trends within NHS operational performance across finance, activity, workforce, quality and performance standards
- Work closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer Strategic Finance and the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to support the creation of the national NHS operational planning guidance, managing the planning cycle.
- Accountable for developing the Recovery support programme in collaboration with the Chief Operating Officer and National Director of Intensive support.
- Accountable for managing the devolved NHS CDEL and working closely with DHSC to plan and manage the use of non-devolved NHS CDEL including operational and strategic capital
- To understand and manage the cash flow of the NHS, ensuring that the necessary liquidity is in the system so that financial obligations can be met as they fall
- Responsible for supporting the Chief Financial Officer in advising government ministers and senior DHSC officials of the financial state of play of the sector, providing insights and flagging risks and challenges
- Member of the national senior finance team,
- supporting and advising on strategy, planning and performance
- working effectively with other team members to ensure that all can deliver their responsibilities
- taking on national lead roles for particular programmes/projects as appropriate
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in his/her responsibilities around professional leadership of NHS finance staff, building effective relationships and networks to ensure that the national finance direction of travel is relevant, credible, well communicated and bought into by the finance As part of this act as the Deputy Chair of the Finance Leadership Council, and as operational lead for the One NHS Finance programme across the NHS England.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitmentprofile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Descriptionand other supporting documents
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent academic record at 1st degree (or above) or equivalent experience working at a very senior level.
- CCAB qualified with extensive experience and full up to date membership and continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant Senior Management level experience (at Board level) within the NHS and the credibility to act as a peer leader to the NHS CFO community. An in-depth awareness of the current commissioner and provider finance landscape and operations across all elements and an ability to navigate the wider health, social care and political landscape.
- Significant experience of shaping and delivering a number of national or other major programmes, being clear on benefits, able to solve complex policy issues as well as practical challenges. Able to assimilate complex and lengthy information and make decisions within an ambiguous and fast-moving environment.
- Work closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance and the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to support the creation of the national NHS operational planning guidance, managing the planning cycle.
Financial Planning Skills
Essential
- Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives. Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and cash
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Excellent academic record at 1st degree (or above) or equivalent experience working at a very senior level.
- CCAB qualified with extensive experience and full up to date membership and continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Significant Senior Management level experience (at Board level) within the NHS and the credibility to act as a peer leader to the NHS CFO community. An in-depth awareness of the current commissioner and provider finance landscape and operations across all elements and an ability to navigate the wider health, social care and political landscape.
- Significant experience of shaping and delivering a number of national or other major programmes, being clear on benefits, able to solve complex policy issues as well as practical challenges. Able to assimilate complex and lengthy information and make decisions within an ambiguous and fast-moving environment.
- Work closely with the Deputy Chief Finance Officer - Strategic Finance and the Director of NHS Planning and Performance to support the creation of the national NHS operational planning guidance, managing the planning cycle.
Financial Planning Skills
Essential
- Ensure that operational financial planning and performance arrangements are designed in a way which supports delivery of strategic financial plans and financial architecture and incentives. Ensure that NHS England can appropriately account for the c£130bn allocated to systems and for the overall funding allocation for NHS England.
- Support the Chief Financial Officer in ensuring that the NHS lives within its annual budget as determined by Government and delivers value for money through its stewardship of available resources. This includes capital, revenue and cash
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
